When Cognitive Linguistics first coalesced as a recognisable movement in the late twentieth century, it did so around several core domains of inquiry that were, at the time, intellectually radical. Those domains continue to define the field — though they have matured, diversified, and, in some cases, been substantially refined. One foundational domain is Conceptual Metaphor Theory, most famously articulated in Metaphors We Live By, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. The cent
